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Arguments
node
■ The node argument must be a tag, comment, or range of text that is a node in the tree that
the
dreamweaver.getDocumentDOM() function returns.
Returns
An array that contains two integers. The first integer is the character offset of the beginning of
the tag, text, or comment. The second integer is the character offset of the end of the node,
from the beginning of the HTML document.
Example
The following code selects the first image object in the current document:
var theDOM = dw.getDocumentDOM();
var theImg = theDOM.images[0];
var offsets = theDom.nodeToOffsets(theImg);
theDom.setSelection(offsets[0], offsets[1]);
dom.offsetsToNode()
Availability
Dreamweaver 3.
Description
Gets the object in the DOM tree that completely contains the range of characters between the
specified opening and closing points. It is valid for any document on a local drive.
Arguments
offsetBegin, offsetEnd
■ The offsetBegin argument specifies the offset from the beginning of the document to
the beginning of a range of characters that is an object in the DOM tree.
■ The offsetEnd argument specifies the offset from the beginning of the document to the
end of a range of characters that is an object in the DOM tree.
Returns
The tag, text, or comment object that completely contains the specified range of characters.
Example
The following code displays an alert if the selection is an image:
var offsets = dom.getSelection();
var theSelection = dreamweaver.offsetsToNode(offsets[0], ¬
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